dental sac

dental sac
dental sac n the mesenchymal investment of the developing tooth and enamel organ that differentiates into cementoblasts about the dentin and forms a connective tissue sheath about the enamel organ

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a concentric layer of connective tissue in which the enamel organ and dental papilla are embedded, which completely surrounds the developing tooth after the epithelial attachment that connects the enamel organ with the dental lamina disintegrates.

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